Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

 

M.1002
Terrey's Fruit Shop, Chelsea

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885/1886
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46098
Medium: watercolour
Support: cream paper laid down on card
Size: 4 15/16 x 8 1/8" (126 x 206 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: '45/ x/ o' in unknown hands

Terrey's Fruit Shop, Chelsea

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1935: given to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

  • 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 99) as 'Terry's Fruit-Shop; Chelsea'.

By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's Gift, this cannot be lent to another venue.

Last updated: 5th June 2021 by Margaret